Linocut Color Wheel
Plan ink layers and visualize overprint effects for multicolor linocut printing. Choose your technique — reduction, multi-block, or jigsaw — then adjust each ink layer's color and opacity to preview how your colors will mix when printed on top of each other.
What is linocut overprinting?
In linocut printing, colors aren't mixed before printing — they're layered on top of each other on the paper. A yellow layer printed under a blue layer doesn't give you a premixed green; it gives you a translucent blue sitting on yellow, which looks green depending on opacity. This tool lets you plan and preview those layer interactions before you carve anything.
Reduction printing uses a single block, carving away between each color pass. Multi-block uses a separate block per color. Jigsaw cuts one block into interlocking pieces.